As much as I complain about how ridiculous the monthly price of a good wireless plan is, I have to admit it does have its upsides. For AT&T and Verizon especially, that means that when they take in those huge profits, they pay part of it back out in the form of network upgrades and advancements. That's a big chunk of why their 4G (LTE) rollouts are ahead of the other two carriers, and part of why they're ahead of their European counterparts (the other big part, at least compared to Europe, is spectrum).
Verizon is continuing its impressive rollout of LTE by going live in another 29 cities on May 17, mostly in the Northish-East area of the country:
- Jersey Shore, NJ
- Lancaster and York, PA
- Cape Cod, MA
- Northern VT
- Delaware Shore, DE
- Dickinson, ND
- Williston, ND
- Martinsville, VA
- Shenandoah Valley, VA
- Fredericksburg, VA
- Canton, Ohio
- Youngstown and Warren, OH
- Cambria County, PA
- Erie, PA
- Somerset, PA
- Bucyrus, OH
- Lima, OH
- New Castle, PA
- Defiance, OH
- Toledo, OH
- Ashtabula, OH
- Oil City and Franklin, PA
- Mansfield, OH
- Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, MI
- Myrtle Beach, SC
I have to admit, now that Verizon LTE is coming to my stomping grounds (York), it's difficult not to contemplate switching. If only there was a new phone coming to Verizon soon that could pull me away from my One X...
[Source: Verizon]